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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kody hear that amazes him at the second Islam service he attends?
(a) He feels that he hears parts of his own life explained.
(b) He thinks it is time to leave the gang.
(c) He realizes the gang life is hypocritical.
(d) He is enjoying the service.

2. What is the name of an alternative group that grows out of the C.C.O?
(a) Latin Kings.
(b) Mexican Mafia.
(c) Westside Crips.
(d) B.N.C.O.-Blue Note Crip Organization.

3. Why is Kody at an Islam service while serving time in the Youth Facility?
(a) He is interested in the religion.
(b) He brother is there and he wants to see him.
(c) The leader asks him to attend.
(d) He is planning a revenge attack with his gang.

4. In the chapter "48 Hours" why is Kody removed from his cell?
(a) He refuses to stop saying the Machine in Motion chant.
(b) He refuses to come out.
(c) He had a fight earlier.
(d) He refuses to eat.

5. What happens to Kody after he is arrested his involvement in attacking a drug dealer in the last chapter?
(a) He runs away.
(b) He goes to jail.
(c) He is given parole.
(d) He is not charged so he stays home.

6. In the chapter "Reconnected," what does Kody change his name to?
(a) Ishmael.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Sanyika.
(d) Malcolm.

7. Who is Kody's cell mate in the jail facility at the start of "48 Hours"?
(a) Crazy De.
(b) Huck.
(c) Fat Rat.
(d) B.T.

8. Why does Muhammad ask Kody and his group to leave the Islam service?
(a) Kody gets caught with a weapon.
(b) They are talking during a film.
(c) They are not participating.
(d) The leader feels like they do not belong there.

9. Who is the first person Kody meets when he arrives in prison at the start of "Reconnected?"
(a) Li'l Rat.
(b) Fat Rat.
(c) Desmond.
(d) Rattone.

10. How long does Kody serve in California state prison before he is paroled in the chapter "Nation Time?"
(a) Less than one year.
(b) About five years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Two years.

11. What does Suma say to Kody that convinces him to join the C.C.O?
(a) He simply asks Kody to join.
(b) He does not do anything.
(c) He does not say anything, Kody wants to join.
(d) He tells Kody he has hurt too many black men and that it is his obligation to join.

12. Who is Fred Hampton?
(a) An old guard at the youth facility.
(b) Muhammad's friend.
(c) Muhammad's father.
(d) Leader of the Back Panthers.

13. Why is Kody's cell block called 48 Hours?
(a) If you live the first 48 hours, you have a good chance of long term survival.
(b) It is Kody's lucky number.
(c) It is cell block 4800.
(d) The guards change their shift every 48 hours.

14. What is the name of the Crips' chant?
(a) Death to the Bloods.
(b) Universal Crip Cadence.
(c) Brothers' Crip Cadence.
(d) Crip Chant.

15. In the chapter, "Nation Time, why doesn't Kody want to give the police his identification?
(a) He is afraid to.
(b) He left it at home.
(c) He does not have an ID yet.
(d) He is not driving the car so he feels he does not need to.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Kody sentenced to solitary confinement in the chapter, "48 Hours?"

2. Who does Kody's mom want him to see upon his release from the Youth Facility in the chapter, "Tamu?"

3. At the start of the chapter, "48 Hours," what jail facility is Kody in?

4. What events eventually convinces Macc and Joker to put their differences aside and work together?

5. According to Kody's last chapter, how are the Crips still struggling?

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